Monochrome watercolour by George Scharf (1788-1860) of a bagpiper. He wears a hat with a soft flat top and a tartan brim, a tartan jacket, and shoes with (possibly) ribbon ties. The air bag is held under his right arm, the pipes & drone over his right shoulder. The chanter that he's playing has a wider bell at the bottom than modern bagpipes.
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Naturally, my MS features #C18th & #C19th #bagpipers. Equally naturally, #GeorgeScharf drew some on London's streets.
But this bagpiper has the pipes under his *right* arm, which was quite natural, till the army said having both RH and LH bagpipers was untidy & standardised everyone to LH.
#NALOPKT